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By all means, I like nature. I think it is important to preserve it. But I also see it as an uncaring force. A swarm of wasps makes no moral judgment if they a
by surgical_fire 2y ago
By all means, I like nature. I think it is important to preserve it.
But I also see it as an uncaring force. A swarm of wasps makes no moral judgment if they attack me. A feral wolf is not giving it much philosophical thought if it decides I am dinner. A water parasite is just following the cycle of life when it lodges itself in my body.
I live in the countryside because I prefer living somewhat closer to nature than in concrete hellscapes. But I still treat it as a potential danger. With respect and at distance.
And I definitely would not live in a mud hut, unless it was my last resort.
- Scarblac 2y agoI love the biodiversity I manage to get in my city garden, and never felt any danger whatsoever. My kids and I do a game where we get points for pointing out insects we haven't seen before. One year we had a hornet nest in a tree, but we left them alone and they us. There are wolves in the region now, but not in cities and they avoid humans. I never felt any danger whatsoever from wildlife. Of course it may be somewhat different where you are.
- skeeter2020 2y agoHow exactly do you go from dandelions and clover vs. a golf course lawn, to swarms of wasps, a feral (as in domesticated then reintroduced?) wolf, water parasites and living in a mud hut?
- surgical_fire 2y agoWhy are we pretending that biodiversity in nature is just the nice part?